Re: OGO file conversion (fwd from:hchoong@cyberway.com.sg)
Ed Smyth (esmyth@flash.net)
Wed, 02 Jul 1997 20:17:30 -0500
Ed Smyth wrote:
What if you can't get Clip&Go or the Connectivity pack? HP is not
shipping these and I can't find either.
Marc DeVinney wrote:
>
> If you've got the Clip&Go package, this is the best way to go. Set the
> C&G to do clipboard sharing and then open the Notepad document that you
> want to convert to PC format. Press F5 (Copyall) to place the entire
> document into the Windows clipboard. Open MS Word (or other Windows word
> processor) and paste the contents of the clipboard. All formatting is
> preserved.
>
> Likewise, you can use C&G to transfer spreadsheets to the PC. Unlike the
> Connectivity Pack, I found that the C&G was worth every penny I spent on
> it.
>
> MED.
>
> Glen Wilson wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 01 Jul 1997 11:25:31 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> > >Anybody know how to convert the OGO files to be used with PC apps like
> > >ACCESS or Word?
> > >
> > >
> > _WORD_
> > I use the connectivity pack to backup my data then for bringing
> > something into word I open the Notebook file on the Win95 machine
> > using the connectivity pack, and just mark the text and copy it to the
> > clip board, you loose the formatting this way but that isn't a big
> > problem to me.
> > The other was to do this without the connectivy pack would be to use
> > OGEDIT as it saves files in text format, and then to copy it to your
> > PC say using OMNICOM, once the file is on your PC you can open it in
> > Word and do what ever you like.
> >
> > _ACCESS_
> > This is a bit harder, once you have copied you database to the desktop
> > PC (using Omnicom, ORC etc.) you can convert it to a comma delimited
> > database file using GDBIO100. You can then import this into ACCESS or
> > any other database.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
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